Cape Verdean insurer Garantia warns of overloaded vehicles
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Anacao
Garantia, the Cape Verdean insurance company, is warning of serious accidents involving rental and passenger-transport vehicles that are often overloaded and lack seat belts. The insurer says passengers carried beyond the authorised capacity may be excluded from compulsory cover, and says it is conducting prevention efforts with public and professional partners.
Cape Verdean insurer Garantia – Companhia de Seguros de Cabo Verde is warning of a worrying rise in serious road accidents involving rental and passenger-transport vehicles. The vehicles are frequently used with more passengers than their capacity and without seat belts, the insurer said in an explanatory note.
Garantia points out that overloaded transport violates the rules of the Highway Code and the compulsory motor third-party liability insurance scheme. Under Article 8 of the scheme, damage suffered by passengers carried beyond the authorised capacity may be excluded from insurance cover.
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